diff --git a/base/comps/kernel/6.18-x86_64-azl.config b/base/comps/kernel/6.18-x86_64-azl.config
index cb53c285895..1d2d9b9abea 100644
--- a/base/comps/kernel/6.18-x86_64-azl.config
+++ b/base/comps/kernel/6.18-x86_64-azl.config
@@ -1328,7 +1328,13 @@ CONFIG_PT_RECLAIM=y
 #
 # Data Access Monitoring
 #
-# CONFIG_DAMON is not set
+CONFIG_DAMON=y
+CONFIG_DAMON_VADDR=y
+CONFIG_DAMON_PADDR=y
+CONFIG_DAMON_SYSFS=y
+# CONFIG_DAMON_RECLAIM is not set
+# CONFIG_DAMON_LRU_SORT is not set
+# CONFIG_DAMON_STAT is not set
 # end of Data Access Monitoring
 # end of Memory Management options
 
@@ -6179,7 +6185,7 @@ CONFIG_INFINIBAND_ON_DEMAND_PAGING=y
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_ADDR_TRANS=y
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_ADDR_TRANS_CONFIGFS=y
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_VIRT_DMA=y
-# CONFIG_INFINIBAND_BNXT_RE is not set
+CONFIG_INFINIBAND_BNXT_RE=m
 # CONFIG_INFINIBAND_CXGB4 is not set
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_EFA=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_ERDMA=m
diff --git a/base/comps/kernel/kernel.comp.toml b/base/comps/kernel/kernel.comp.toml
index 9f568dc9314..926be8d0867 100644
--- a/base/comps/kernel/kernel.comp.toml
+++ b/base/comps/kernel/kernel.comp.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ without = [
 
 [components.kernel.build.defines]
 # RPM release number for the Azure Linux kernel package
-azl_pkgrelease = "5"
+azl_pkgrelease = "7"
 # 4th version component from the AZL kernel source (6.18.31.1). Included in specrelease so it appears
 # in the RPM Release tag, uname -r, and /lib/modules/ path (e.g. 6.18.31-1.1.azl4.aarch64).
 kextraversion = "1"
@@ -360,6 +360,12 @@ description = "Prepend AZL changelog entries (one per lock-fingerprint change) a
 type = "spec-prepend-lines"
 section = "%changelog"
 lines = [
+    "* Fri Jul 17 2026 Andreas Zaugg <azaugg@linkedin.com> - 6.18.31-1.7",
+    "- feat(kernel): enable DAMON core monitoring framework on x86_64",
+    "",
+    "* Tue Jun 30 2026 Andreas Zaugg <azaugg@linkedin.com> - 6.18.31-1.6",
+    "- feat(kernel): enable Broadcom RoCE driver (CONFIG_INFINIBAND_BNXT_RE) as module on x86_64",
+    "",
     "* Wed May 27 2026 Daniel McIlvaney <damcilva@microsoft.com> - 6.18.31-1.5",
     "- feat(kernel): add hand-curated changelog entry",
     "",
diff --git a/locks/kernel.lock b/locks/kernel.lock
index c813aaf1bb7..957da15ac3f 100644
--- a/locks/kernel.lock
+++ b/locks/kernel.lock
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 version = 1
 import-commit = '5271a1b047ef402ddee40242e02eda23fc273044'
 upstream-commit = '5271a1b047ef402ddee40242e02eda23fc273044'
-input-fingerprint = 'sha256:35fd40d8d7ed26e4e80c412fbe33499ead22ceac032a92c1be2f3c2f729f7df3'
+input-fingerprint = 'sha256:62d03bf4bd020b0d96c0e786160537a773a7e7d0d54efc12be7c4fdd6e2be799'
 resolution-input-hash = 'sha256:466421704711c4fd3c71f0b2ed715a0e61d49e3e26f3a2637fee755795849c8e'
diff --git a/specs/k/kernel/6.18-x86_64-azl.config b/specs/k/kernel/6.18-x86_64-azl.config
index cb53c285895..1d2d9b9abea 100644
--- a/specs/k/kernel/6.18-x86_64-azl.config
+++ b/specs/k/kernel/6.18-x86_64-azl.config
@@ -1328,7 +1328,13 @@ CONFIG_PT_RECLAIM=y
 #
 # Data Access Monitoring
 #
-# CONFIG_DAMON is not set
+CONFIG_DAMON=y
+CONFIG_DAMON_VADDR=y
+CONFIG_DAMON_PADDR=y
+CONFIG_DAMON_SYSFS=y
+# CONFIG_DAMON_RECLAIM is not set
+# CONFIG_DAMON_LRU_SORT is not set
+# CONFIG_DAMON_STAT is not set
 # end of Data Access Monitoring
 # end of Memory Management options
 
@@ -6179,7 +6185,7 @@ CONFIG_INFINIBAND_ON_DEMAND_PAGING=y
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_ADDR_TRANS=y
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_ADDR_TRANS_CONFIGFS=y
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_VIRT_DMA=y
-# CONFIG_INFINIBAND_BNXT_RE is not set
+CONFIG_INFINIBAND_BNXT_RE=m
 # CONFIG_INFINIBAND_CXGB4 is not set
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_EFA=m
 CONFIG_INFINIBAND_ERDMA=m
diff --git a/specs/k/kernel/kernel.azl.macros b/specs/k/kernel/kernel.azl.macros
index ce244463e57..1f71a4acd4b 100644
--- a/specs/k/kernel/kernel.azl.macros
+++ b/specs/k/kernel/kernel.azl.macros
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 # Do not edit manually; changes will be overwritten.
 %_without_debug 1
 %_without_selftests 1
-%azl_pkgrelease 5
+%azl_pkgrelease 7
 %kextraversion 1
 %nvidia_open_version 595.58.03
diff --git a/specs/k/kernel/kernel.spec b/specs/k/kernel/kernel.spec
index c247915d3b1..71d92a7b040 100644
--- a/specs/k/kernel/kernel.spec
+++ b/specs/k/kernel/kernel.spec
@@ -4578,6 +4578,12 @@ fi\
 
 # AZL-KMOD-FILES-ANCHOR — do not remove (kmod overlays chain here)
 %changelog
+* Fri Jul 17 2026 Andreas Zaugg <azaugg@linkedin.com> - 6.18.31-1.7
+- feat(kernel): enable DAMON core monitoring framework on x86_64
+
+* Tue Jun 30 2026 Andreas Zaugg <azaugg@linkedin.com> - 6.18.31-1.6
+- feat(kernel): enable Broadcom RoCE driver (CONFIG_INFINIBAND_BNXT_RE) as module on x86_64
+
 * Wed May 27 2026 Daniel McIlvaney <damcilva@microsoft.com> - 6.18.31-1.5
 - feat(kernel): add hand-curated changelog entry